📚 The Book Fair Is Here! 🎉
Everything is set up and ready to go, and we can’t wait for everyone to come shop!
🕢 Shopping Hours:
Monday–Friday | 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM
👨👩👧👦 Family Shopping Night:
Wednesday | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Stop by, explore some great books, and help support our school. We hope to see you there!
Everything is set up and ready to go, and we can’t wait for everyone to come shop!
🕢 Shopping Hours:
Monday–Friday | 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM
👨👩👧👦 Family Shopping Night:
Wednesday | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Stop by, explore some great books, and help support our school. We hope to see you there!
The votes are in.....here are the winners of the Annual Book Character Contest 2026.
October is National Principals Month, and we couldn’t let it pass without saying THANK YOU to our incredible ELEMENTARY school principals! We truly appreciate the leadership, care and commitment they also bring to our schools each and every day.
Thanks again for all you do for our youngest scholars, your staff and school families!
#OutstandingPrincipals
#WicomicoCountyPublicSchools
Thanks again for all you do for our youngest scholars, your staff and school families!
#OutstandingPrincipals
#WicomicoCountyPublicSchools
Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
Prince Street Press - October 18
Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
What a great day for Wicomico County Elementary Athletics! Tuesday's Elementary Cross Country Culminating Event at Winterplace Park was a tremendous success, with 206 students from 5th Grade in 10 schools showcasing their hard work, determination, and school pride in the 1-mile races.
Congratulations to Westside Intermediate, the overall team champion, to Pittsville Elementary, the runner-up, and to all of the participating runners and schools.
Girls – Top 6 Finishers
1. Minka Maloney – Westside Intermediate – 6:52.5
2. Alex Gilkerson – Fruitland Intermediate – 7:00.4
3. Brooklyn Lasinski – Pemberton Elementary – 7:02.8
4. Grace Griffin – Westside Intermediate – 7:21.7
5. Lennox Brittingham – North Salisbury Elementary – 7:23.1
6. Isabella Rivero – Northwestern Elementary – 7:23.9
Boys – Top 6 Finishers
1. Jonah Harris – Westside Intermediate – 6:11.6
2. Wyatt Riggin – East Salisbury Elementary – 6:15.9
3. Trekwan Cottman-Trader – Pinehurst Elementary – 6:33.1
4. MJ Fisher – Glen Avenue Elementary – 6:38.5
5. Colton Candy – Pittsville Elementary – 6:42.2
6. Harlan Ennis – Northwestern Elementary – 6:43.2
Full race results can be viewed here:
https://live.athletic.net/meets/79122
More photos: https://wicomicoschools.smugmug.com/ATHLETICS/2026-Elementary-Cross-Country-Meet
Thanks to all the students who took on this running challenge. Thank you to all of our coaches, school administrators, staff, and parents who helped make the season and the event possible. We also thank the Wicomico County Education Foundation for its ongoing support of athletics in our middle and elementary schools. A very special thank you to the Parkside High School Cross Country team for volunteering to assist with the elementary championship. We appreciate David Dodson, our meet timer, for his work coordinating the timing and live results that helped make the event run smoothly.
Congratulations to Westside Intermediate, the overall team champion, to Pittsville Elementary, the runner-up, and to all of the participating runners and schools.
Girls – Top 6 Finishers
1. Minka Maloney – Westside Intermediate – 6:52.5
2. Alex Gilkerson – Fruitland Intermediate – 7:00.4
3. Brooklyn Lasinski – Pemberton Elementary – 7:02.8
4. Grace Griffin – Westside Intermediate – 7:21.7
5. Lennox Brittingham – North Salisbury Elementary – 7:23.1
6. Isabella Rivero – Northwestern Elementary – 7:23.9
Boys – Top 6 Finishers
1. Jonah Harris – Westside Intermediate – 6:11.6
2. Wyatt Riggin – East Salisbury Elementary – 6:15.9
3. Trekwan Cottman-Trader – Pinehurst Elementary – 6:33.1
4. MJ Fisher – Glen Avenue Elementary – 6:38.5
5. Colton Candy – Pittsville Elementary – 6:42.2
6. Harlan Ennis – Northwestern Elementary – 6:43.2
Full race results can be viewed here:
https://live.athletic.net/meets/79122
More photos: https://wicomicoschools.smugmug.com/ATHLETICS/2026-Elementary-Cross-Country-Meet
Thanks to all the students who took on this running challenge. Thank you to all of our coaches, school administrators, staff, and parents who helped make the season and the event possible. We also thank the Wicomico County Education Foundation for its ongoing support of athletics in our middle and elementary schools. A very special thank you to the Parkside High School Cross Country team for volunteering to assist with the elementary championship. We appreciate David Dodson, our meet timer, for his work coordinating the timing and live results that helped make the event run smoothly.
Starlight School Night — A Family Learning Extravaganza is coming soon!
Join us Tuesday, October 20 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Junior Achievement Center (301 Tilghman Rd., Salisbury, MD 21804) for a fun night of learning and family fun!
Visit information tables about learning opportunities in our schools. Explore hands-on STEM activities, create art, enjoy student performances, visit the UMES STEM Mobile Lab and watch Young Business Leaders Fishbowl make their pitch and take the LEGO challenge. Boxed dinners will be provided (while supplies last). Interpreters will be available.
Come explore, play, and learn together at Starlight School Night!
Join us Tuesday, October 20 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Junior Achievement Center (301 Tilghman Rd., Salisbury, MD 21804) for a fun night of learning and family fun!
Visit information tables about learning opportunities in our schools. Explore hands-on STEM activities, create art, enjoy student performances, visit the UMES STEM Mobile Lab and watch Young Business Leaders Fishbowl make their pitch and take the LEGO challenge. Boxed dinners will be provided (while supplies last). Interpreters will be available.
Come explore, play, and learn together at Starlight School Night!
Calendar reminder: Schools are closed on Friday, Oct. 16 for students and most school staff, for the Maryland State Education Association Convention. Central Office and school offices are open.
Prince Street Press - October 12
Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
A Superintendent's Open Door Session will take place from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. Time with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Micah Stauffer is on a first-come, first-served basis, at the school system's main office at 2424 Northgate Drive, Salisbury.
The next monthly meeting of the Wicomico County Board of Education is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, 2026, in the Board of Education Auditorium at 101 Long Ave., Salisbury.
For this Board meeting, the Board will convene at 1:00 p.m. and immediately vote to go into closed session. The open portion of the meeting will begin at about 1:30 p.m. The agenda for this meeting is available at https://wicomico-schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/
To register for public comments, please visit the pre-registration page (https://board_public_comments.wicomicoschools.org/), which is open from October 6 - 12. Anyone unable to pre-register online may visit the school system office at 2424 Northgate Drive during business hours to fill out a paper copy of the pre-registration form.
This meeting will be livestreamed on the Watch Board Meetings page of the school system's website - www.wicomicoschools.org
Meetings are also viewable after they have ended at https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/watch-board-meetings
For this Board meeting, the Board will convene at 1:00 p.m. and immediately vote to go into closed session. The open portion of the meeting will begin at about 1:30 p.m. The agenda for this meeting is available at https://wicomico-schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/
To register for public comments, please visit the pre-registration page (https://board_public_comments.wicomicoschools.org/), which is open from October 6 - 12. Anyone unable to pre-register online may visit the school system office at 2424 Northgate Drive during business hours to fill out a paper copy of the pre-registration form.
This meeting will be livestreamed on the Watch Board Meetings page of the school system's website - www.wicomicoschools.org
Meetings are also viewable after they have ended at https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/watch-board-meetings
The Scholastic Book Fair gets kids excited about reading and earns funds for our school. Your child is cordially invited to attend our Book Fair on October 29th and 30th. Then November 4th - 6th! Get them prepared by visiting https://www.scholastic.com/bf/princestelementaryschool where you can also create a Book Fair eWallet. It’s gonna be the Best. Fair. Ever! #ScholasticBookFairs
Come, eat and support. We would love to see you.
Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
The Prince Street Press - October 5
Wicomico Public Schools and Superintendent Dr. Micah Stauffer's 2026 - 27 "Plan for Success" is now available for reading on the Superintendent's web page at https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/superintendent-of-schools
Wicomico County Public Schools is a CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) school system in which all students may eat meals at no charge. We’re pleased to provide meals for students to support good health and readiness for instruction. Thanks to the team at Salisbury Middle for letting us share these photos of a recent lunch shift. Find October breakfast and lunch menus for Wicomico students on the school system’s Food & Nutrition Services website: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=1748883292658&page=menus&sm=10&sy=2026#/clicktoscroll
Progress reports covering the first several weeks of the school year come out today, Sept. 30. It's a good check-in for students, teachers and families.
